Sulky



No-Model. I

v W. YEOMAN 8v E. M.'DRUM.

SU'LKY.

Patented Feb.18,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM YEOMAN AND EDGAR M. DRUM, OF VERSAILLES, KENTUCKY.

SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,397, dated February 13, 1883.

L Application filed December 2,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'we,.WM. YEoMAN and p E. M. DRUM, citizens of the United States, and V residents ofVersaillesfln the county of Woodford and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Sulkies; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of our sulky, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

This invention has relation to sulkies or road-carts; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the upper and lower springs, connected to the cross-bar of the shafts, and respectively supporting the foot-rest or basket and the front ends of the seat-bars, the joint-arms for the seat-barirons extending downward from the shafts in rear of and in horizontal line with the front attachments of the seat-bars, and the combination, with these devices, of the leatherloops, whereby the rear end of the foot-rest is suspended from the seat, all as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, theletterA designates the shafts, and B the cross-bar,

connecting them in front of the body portion of the road-cart.

0 represents the seat, which is supported on the seat-bars l), which are provided with iron frame-supports E.

F is the foot-rest or basket.

Attached to the cross-bar B, or to a rear plate firmly secured to said cross-bar, are the upper springs or spring, G, and the lower spring or springs, H. These springs may be of spiral or half-elliptic form, the latter, however, being preferred. The upper spring, G, serves to support in an elastic manner the front of the foot-rest or basket, which is connected thereto by means of arms and loops or couplings k in any convenient and well-known manner. If spiral springs are employed the couplings of the foot-rest should be connected to eyes at the ends of a transverse bar laid on and secured to the spiral springs.

To the ends of the lower spring, H, are conbearings m of the seat-bars or seat-bar frames,

forming joints on which said seat-bars have an easy rocking motion. These 7 joints are in rear of and in horizontal line, or nearly so, with the front ends of the seat-bars, the general position of' which is inclined downward and forward, as indicated in the drawings.

The rear end of the foot-rest or basket F is suspended from the seat or seat-bars by means of leather loops S, whereby an easy movement of said foot-rest results, avoiding the unpleasant jarring motion which would be set up by a more positive connection.

It is designed, therefore, by this invention to provide a road-cart in which the seat and foot-rest will be cushioned and guarded in an effective manner from the quick jarring mo-' tion of the axle and shafts.

Having described this invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a road cart, the upper and lower springs, G H, secured to the cross-bar of the shafts, and respectively supporting the front of the foot-rest or basket and the front ends of the seat-bars, substantially asspecified.

2. In a road-cart, the shafts having downwardly-extending arms N, provided with pivot-bearings, in combination with the seat-bars, having arms or frames pivoted to said bearings, substantially as specified.

3. In a road-cart, the combination of the shafts having the dependent arms N, the seatbars pivoted thereto, the upper and lower springs, G H, attached to the cross-bar or cross-bar plate, the foot-rest, the couplings connecting said springs to the foot-fest and 

